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1921 Canada Census - Rasmus Finnestad, Celia (Derdall) Finnestad

Rasmus Finnestad, son of Mari (Iversdatter) and Ole Finnestad was living near his sister-in-law Celia (Derdall) Finnestad in 1921. 

Celia (Sikke) Finnestad and her children, Oscar, George, Minnie, Charlotte and Selma were living in the municipality of Rudy, district 218 (Last Mountain, which was district 20 in previous census records), sub-district 60 (Townships 28, 29 and 30 in range 7, west of the third Meridian), Saskatchewan province, Canada.   

Celia was no longer working but her sons Oscar and George continued to work the farm.

Celia and family can be found on lines 3 - 8.

Living a few houses away was Rasmus Finnestad and wife Carrie (Derdall) and two of their children Olaf and Mable Bell and the family of Mabel, husband Edward Bell and their children, Vivian and Corrine.

Rasmus and family can be found on page 1,  lines 47 - 50 and page 2, lines 1 - 3.





According to the census, Mabel and family moved from Iowa to Canada in 1915.   I have been unable to track down the 1916 Canada census for the Bell family.     I will post the 1916 census if I eventually track it down.

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